[ SECRET POST #5007 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5007 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT The first thing that jumped into my head was Star Wars. If I imagine Luke killing both Darth Vader and Emperor Palatine, it's not nearly as satisfying as having Darth sacrifice himself to kill the Emperor and save Luke. Yet he's been responsible for so much evil at that point that it's not true redemption, so he's still far from being the hero. Yet it's still a really great ending.

I think you're right - it completely depends on the story.

[sparklywalls]

OT Star Wars is perhaps a great example because of the narrative weight that carries. I know we can back and forth over whether or not Vader is redeemed even a little bit by the action, but it really is much more satisfying that he is the one who kills the Emperor rather than Luke killing them both.

On the other hand you run into problems highlighted by people in this thread where the hero cuts through nameless redshirts like butter but suddenly stills their hand at the named antagonist with a personal relationship to them. I get there's reasons (usually "it's cool or shows the hero is badass, plus the faceless characters were attacking him/her first!") for the henchmen getting indiscriminately killed but it's an interesting conundrum when it comes to hero morals.